Modern Project Management : Successfully Integrating Project Management Knowledge Areas and Processes [Hardcover]

Norman R. Howes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2001

This guide provides a modern, integrated treatment of all the essential methods of project management - and comes with a complete project management software on accompanying CD-ROM. a This work covers all the tools, including several for how to measure "productivity". The work presents an "integrated" approach that balances theory, methods, psychology and practice, and aims to help even novice project managers achieve superior results. Included on the CD-ROM is an automated project management software programme called "Modern Manager". More than just a scheduler, this flexible programme supplies tools, metrics and displays designed to help users plan, estimate, monitor and control projects. The book covers essential PM methods (with automated tools for performing them), including: productivity measurement, change control, variance tracking, and scientific forecasting.

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About the Author

Norman R. Howes (Fairfax, VA) has 30 years of IT project management experience and has spearheaded projects for E-Systems, Lockheed, and the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 17 and up
  
• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (March 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814406327
• ISBN-13: 978-0814406328
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,491,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Project Management : Successfully Integrating Project, June 15, 2001

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Jack Jeanes (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Project Management : Successfully Integrating Project Management Knowledge Areas and Processes (Hardcover)

Modern Project Management does an excellent job of blending Modern Project Management ideas in concert with the latest IT methodology. The book is easy to understand and presents topics not found in similar books. The included software uses the excellent Access database system, which is another winner. I also discovered if you register on their web site you could request the latest Version II software update. Best book on this topic I have seen.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mysteries of Sucessful Project Management Revealed!, May 4, 2001

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Judith Benatar (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Project Management : Successfully Integrating Project Management Knowledge Areas and Processes (Hardcover)

In Modern Project Management, Dr. Howes dispels the common misconception that "scheduling" alone delivers effective project management. This book bridges the gap left by schedule-oriented software packages by guiding the user to first employ critical, upfront thinking that will yield effective, efficient project planning. Modern Project is a must read for new project managers and seasoned veterans. Its straightforward philosophy and innovative tools will consistently yield predictable and repeatable results regardless of the project at hand. The accompanying project management system found on the enclosed CD is a valuable complement to the Microsoft Project scheduling tool. It includes an automated interface to Microsoft Project that allows one to transfer the Microsoft scheduling dates into the Modern Project software.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Breed, April 3, 2001

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Kay Long (New Haven, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Project Management : Successfully Integrating Project Management Knowledge Areas and Processes (Hardcover)

I was lucky enough to read this book before it became generally available. Mr. Howes has distilled a lot of wisdom, insight and superb project management technique into this book. The methods of top-down quantitative and qualitative project management methods (with supporting software) will help keep the biggest and smallest projects out of trouble.